Example sentences of "[pron] takes [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone takes five copies out of Sarajevo where it is faxed through to Geneva , phoned to Zagreb where it can be relayed by fax to London and it is also printed in Tuzla and Zenica . ’ |
| 2 | the trouble is not having enough modern catalogues of , of things that you can actually buy today because when they manufacturer them now they do n't erm make catalogues as often as they used to do er , it costs so much money in it I 'd er , I , I think that probably the next trend is going to be in lighting fittings er which will take in er you er , low energy lamps er , at the erm , the new fluorescent lamps er where erm , well there 's one in the hall which takes eight watts and it 's given us as much light out as a hundred watt lamp , er and |
| 3 | which takes 522 pages to outline for the novice how to modify behaviour and when it 's not likely to work perfectly . |
| 4 | We now discuss " sweeping " , which takes two forms . |
| 5 | Before use , the trimmer must be fully charged , which takes two hours . |
| 6 | There are four main residential blocks , or ‘ wings ’ with single cell accommodation ; Medway , which takes 171 men , Kent ( 166 ) , Weald ( 99 ) and Thanet ( 102 ) . |
| 7 | The " Long Tour " goes all the way from Zurich to Rapperswil and back , which takes 5 hours . |
| 8 | Sir Christopher Wren sits behind his desk , large as life and at least as natural , until a cloth is draped over the leather bound book concealing the projector , and his head is revealed as a white splodge which takes 80 hours of modelling . |
| 9 | My auntie 's got one which takes six discs in a little box like that . |
| 10 | South-east Cambridgeshire MP James Paice cut a ribbon to mark the completion of the £5.5 million one-and-a-half mile scheme which takes 25,000 vehicles a day . |
| 11 | She says I think the greatest problem for me is the mornings — having to work early — starting work at half past seven — there is n't a bus as early as that , leaving from Langford village into Bicester — so normally I have to walk it which takes 20-25 minutes — in the cold , which I absolutely hate ! |
| 12 | The bronze weather-vane can be removed by simply unscrewing it from the metal assemblage holding it , which takes 2 rounds . |
| 13 | She takes two teaspoons of sugar in each of her hot drinks ; she adds two teaspoons of sugar to her breakfast cereal ( or has sugar-coated cereal or muesli with sugar ) . |
| 14 | She takes one look at Gisela and has her fringe cut too . |
| 15 | She takes one tablet a month . |
| 16 | Take your word for it … but from someone who takes 5 mins to find a toilet when being told and it being right in front of them ; - ) ) ) ) |
| 17 | Too often the clinical teacher is looked upon as an interfering and critical representative of the school of nursing - and as one who takes three hours to teach a student how to take a blood pressure ! |
| 18 | In serious cases results can be produced more quickly , but in the case of organic pollutions the analysis itself takes five days . |
| 19 | And the other one takes seventy minutes or longer if they wish to examine things . |
| 20 | It takes 4 hours in each direction , and there is plenty to see as you drift through a landscape where woodlands slope down to the waters edge , medieval towns seem to be snoozing , vineyards look sweet with promise , and heights are crowned mysteriously with fine old castles and monasteries . |
| 21 | It takes 4 days , following a very beautiful rocky and indented coast . |
| 22 | In the case of amniocentesis , it takes two-three weeks to grow the culture from which the presence of handicap can be detected . |
| 23 | and wrap it up into a package and say you know if anything goes wrong and it takes four hours then you |
| 24 | Mm , yeah , It takes four hours to get to Lanzarote . |
| 25 | It takes four hydrogen nuclei to make one nucleus of helium , and each time this happens there is a slight release of energy and a slight loss of mass . |
| 26 | It takes four pictures within five seconds and transmits them in under a minute ; it incorporates infra-red strobes , making it effective without light . |
| 27 | It takes four days to complete one orbit of Earth . |
| 28 | It takes four place settings and costs £299.90 ( building-in kit extra ) |
| 29 | It takes four AA batteries . |
| 30 | Even if it takes four week they 're stopping there . |